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Word: Alizarin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French alizarine, from alizari ‘madder’, from Arabic al-‘iṣāra ‘pressed juice’, from ‘aṣara ‘to press fruit’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈlɪz(ə)rɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a red pigment present in madder root, used in dyeing.
Short Definition:red pigment present in madder root, used in dyeing
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